No one likes recoil. We shoot better without it. My "big game" rifle for everything is a Brno circa 1950 7 X 57 which I think JOC referred to as a "woman's rifle" for its low recoil, used by his wife Eleanor. None of my shotguns are uncomfortable because I load/reload appropriately. Magnumitis to my mind is an astonishing victory for consumerism.